Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Explore Search: Tern

Filter Total Items: 438
Data Release
Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Interior Least Tern (Sternula antillarum athalassos) bLETEa_CONUS_2001v1 Range Map

Data Release
Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

California Least Tern (Sternula antillarum browni) bLETEb_CONUS_2001v1 Range Map

publication
image of publications layered on a wooden table

Aspects of hatching success and chick survival in Gull-billed Terns in coastal Virginia

publication
image of publications layered on a wooden table

Use of a nesting platform by Gull-billed Terns and Black Skimmers at the Salton Sea, California

publication
image of publications layered on a wooden table

Biomarkers of contaminant exposure in common terns and black-crowned night herons in the Great Lakes

publication
image of publications layered on a wooden table

Nesting habitat of least terns (Sterna antillarum athalassos) on an inland alkaline flat

publication
image of publications layered on a wooden table

Ruptured-yolk peritonitis and organochlorine residues in a royal tern

publication
image of publications layered on a wooden table

Occurrence and timing of second clutches in common terns

publication
image of publications layered on a wooden table

Plasticity of Least Tern and Piping Plover nesting behaviors in response to sand temperature

publication
image of publications layered on a wooden table

Selenium bioaccumulation and body condition in shorebirds and terns breeding in San Francisco Bay, California, USA

publication
image of publications layered on a wooden table

Range extension for the gray-backed tern in the western Pacific

publication
image of publications layered on a wooden table

Pacific Coast Caspian Terns: Dynamics of an expanding population

Featured Story
Arctic tern feeding a sand lance to her chick.

A long-suspected culprit is caught

publication
image of publications layered on a wooden table

Modeling colony site dynamics: A case study of gull-billed terns (Sterna nilotica) in coastal Virginia

publication
image of publications layered on a wooden table

Diets of nestling gull-billed terns in coastal Virginia

publication
image of publications layered on a wooden table

Diets of nestling Gull-billed Terns in coastal Virginia

publication
image of publications layered on a wooden table

Organochlorine residues in common tern eggs from nine Atlantic coast colonies, 1980

publication
image of publications layered on a wooden table

Annual survival rates of breeding adult roseate terns

publication
image of publications layered on a wooden table

Effects of mercury, selenium, and organochlorine contaminants on reproduction of Forster's terns and black skimmers nesting in a contaminated Texas bay

publication
image of publications layered on a wooden table

Temporal variation in adult survival rates of Roseate Terns during periods of increasing and declining populations

publication
image of publications layered on a wooden table

Breeding colonies of least terns (Sternula antillarum) in northern Sonora, Mexico, 2006-2008

publication
image of publications layered on a wooden table

Mercury concentrations in blood and feathers of prebreeding Forster's terns in relation to space use of San Francisco Bay, California, USA, habitats

publication
image of publications layered on a wooden table

Embryotoxicity, teratogenicity, and aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase activity in Forster's terns on Green Bay, Lake Michigan

publication
image of publications layered on a wooden table

Population trends of Black Terns from the North American Breeding Bird Survey, 1966-1996

publication
image of publications layered on a wooden table

Population trends of black terns from the North American Breeding Bird Survey, 1966-1996

publication
image of publications layered on a wooden table

A video surveillance system to monitor breeding colonies of common terns (Sterna Hirundo)

publication
image of publications layered on a wooden table

Emergent sandbar construction for least terns on the Missouri River: Effects on forage fishes in shallow-water habitats

publication
image of publications layered on a wooden table

First evidence that paired Roseate Terns may travel together during spring migration

publication
image of publications layered on a wooden table

Assessment of least tern and piping plover habitats on the Missouri River using remote sensing

publication
image of publications layered on a wooden table

Objectives, priorities, reliable knowledge, and science-based management of Missouri River interior least terns and piping plovers

Was this page helpful?